Do poor and lazy people support corrupt leaders?

I look down from my window and see that every week there is some function or fair happening in the nearby chawl. Along with it you also see big banners of political parties that organise such events. Our members from Mumbai can second me on this. Are our people so easily bought over? Why are the same corrupt and incompetent leaders getting elected again and again? Does the election commission look into the spendings only during elections or also though out the term?

I look down from my window and see that every week there is some function or fair happening in the nearby chawl. Along with it you also see big banners of political parties that organise such events. Our members from Mumbai can second me on this. Are our people so easily bought over? Why are the same corrupt and incompetent leaders getting elected again and again? Does the election commission look into the spendings only during elections or also though out the term?

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People can be bought as long as we have poverty as the poor people think of their next meal and have no sense of how future will pan out if they elect a corrupt politician. Our system has now got corrupted and provided way for the corrupt and criminal persons to fight in election and win them using money, alcohol and freebies. Even election commission cannot stop these. Let me give an example.

There was an by-election for an assembly and people of one of the candidate was caught with 50 lakh money by the police. They gave the inspector 20lakhs and proceeded with the remaining amount to distribute around. This is the status of our politics. And here I see some people who say "parliament is supreme" and their word is the "last word".

This is the reason there is an increase in anger among right thinking people which manifested during Anna's fight against corruption.

People can be bought as long as we have poverty as the poor people think of their next meal and have no sense of how future will pan out if they elect a corrupt politician. Our system has now got corrupted and provided way for the corrupt and criminal persons to fight in election and win them using money, alcohol and freebies. Even election commission cannot stop these. Let me give an example.

There was an by-election for an assembly and people of one of the candidate was caught with 50 lakh money by the police. They gave the inspector 20lakhs and proceeded with the remaining amount to distribute around. This is the status of our politics. And here I see some people who say "parliament is supreme" and their word is the "last word".

This is the reason there is an increase in anger among right thinking people which manifested during Anna's fight against corruption.

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Yes the parliament is supreme as its the pillar of democracy. Are these not the same people who fall for money to vote also protesting side by side of Anna? Works both ways. Hypocrisy all around.

Not poor people, these days the poor people of Bihar are working for a new leadership under Nitish Kumar, not poor people.
But yes, dull and lazy people do support corrupt politicians, I can speak from personal experience, this is the reason why India is in desparate need for a Eugenics program.

From what I have seen it is the regional parties that are more willing to sponsor such events. They understand the people better than other parties. Again the target is the poor and the unemployed who have very few form of entertainment. They idolise their leaders like they are some superstar. They don't really care where the money comes. The money comes from the middle class shopkeepers in the area. I am not talking of 'chanda' but 'hafta'.

Not poor people, these days the poor people of Bihar are working for a new leadership under Nitish Kumar, not poor people.
But yes, dull and lazy people do support corrupt politicians, I can speak from personal experience, this is the reason why India is in desparate need for a Eugenics program.

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You can't be serious - you want a EUGENICS program to curb poverty?

Implementing a child tax + other benefits for voluntary sterilisation would be enough... but such things require a functional government first.

IMO get rid of the continual elections around the year that occurs in India. There is ALWAYS some election 'just around the corner' and so politicians are more worried about votes and doing some local politicking rather than doing something USEFUL.

I look down from my window and see that every week there is some function or fair happening in the nearby chawl. Along with it you also see big banners of political parties that organise such events. Our members from Mumbai can second me on this. Are our people so easily bought over? Why are the same corrupt and incompetent leaders getting elected again and again? Does the election commission look into the spendings only during elections or also though out the term?

Implementing a child tax + other benefits for voluntary sterilisation would be enough... but such things require a functional government first.

IMO get rid of the continual elections around the year that occurs in India. There is ALWAYS some election 'just around the corner' and so politicians are more worried about votes and doing some local politicking rather than doing something USEFUL.

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I'm not talking about forced sterilization, just withdraw welfare benefits for non sterilized people, enforce the ban on child labour(so that lazy fathers can't live of this labour), and let nature take its course.

Implementing a child tax + other benefits for voluntary sterilisation would be enough... but such things require a functional government first.

IMO get rid of the continual elections around the year that occurs in India. There is ALWAYS some election 'just around the corner' and so politicians are more worried about votes and doing some local politicking rather than doing something USEFUL.